“The man who seeks one thing in life and but one, May hope to achieve it before life is done; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows, A harvest of barren regrets.” MenMayDoneLife IsOne ThingAchieveHe ManRegretAmbitionAll ThingsThings In LifeHarvestReapBarrenMy AmbitionLife Ambition Author:Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
“Speech may be barren; but it is ridiculous to suppose that silence is always brooding on a nestful of eggs.” MaySilenceSpeechRidiculousEggsSilence IsBarrenBrooding Author:George Eliot
“You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.” MayReligiousFailureSandGrainBarrenUngrateful Book:The bandman. The renegado. The parliament of love. The Roman actor. The great Duke of Florence Source: The bandman. The renegado. The parliament of love. The Roman actor. The great Duke of Florence
“This is the third time that, in the course of six years, during which I have had the lead of the Opposition in the House of Commons, I have stormed the Treasury Benches: twice, fruitlessly, the third time with a tin kettle to my tail which rendered the race hopeless. You cannot, therefore, be surprised, that I am a little wearied of these barren victories, which like Alma, Inkerman, and Balaclava, may be glorious but are certainly nothing more.” YearsMayLittlesCoursesHouseRaceVictorySixThirdsGloriousOppositionHopelessTailsBenchesBarrenTreasuryTinKettlesHouse Of CommonsThird Time Author:Benjamin Disraeli